Arenal Chocolate Tour & Hot Springs Private Tour
Arenal Chocolate Tour & Baldi Hot Springs Combo.
Private Tour from San Jose
Enjoy a great Costa Rica Day Tour visiting the famous Arenal Volcano National Park area and learn all about chocolate following by a relaxing time at Baldi Hot Springs.
Your Arenal chocolate tour begins with a pickup from your hotel and a relaxing private drive through the wonderful Costa Rican countryside on an air-conditioned transportation and recent model deluxe vehicle or mini bus. Your guide will point out many sights of interest including coffee plantations, sugar cane and citrus plantations, diverse fruit stands and rural farming communities. You will be heading Fortuna Town, about 2 hours drive from San Jose.
Upon arrival to the beautiful property where we run the Arenal chocolate tour, the Rainforest Chocolate Tour, you will have some free time for use restrooms and explore the surroundings before to start the nature walk into the rainforest and learn about chocolate. With the view of the majestic Arenal Volcano in La Fortuna of San Carlos, enjoy the sweetest rainforest experience, discovering the ancient secrets of chocolate: from its discovery and use, in tropical America, to the processing of the product we know and enjoy today.
Considered as “a gift of the Gods”, the cacao tree was very important to the ancient culture, it was not only used as a ceremonial drink, but its seeds were also used as currency because of its economic value, in many regions of Mesoamerica, including Costa Rica. In this 2-hour Arenal chocolate tour “hands on” program, you will have the opportunity to learn interesting aspects of cocoa and chocolate, from its origin and history, participating in all the production process, from the harvesting of the fruit, drying and grinding of the seed, also the developing of the traditional drink of our ancestors, and of course enjoying a high quality organic chocolate.
Later, you will relax in one of the best thermal water places in the area: Baldi Hot Springs. At Baldi Hot Springs you will find an endless dreamed stay, where the natural environment, colorful natural gardens, therapeutic waters, pure air and our care combine on a perfect state; the dream came true. The unique frame where your experience turns into the most unforgettable one. In here you will enjoy multiple thermal pools, a giant stem room, luxury pool bars, Giant water-slides, relaxing areas and much more.
Upon arrival to Baldi Hot Springs, enjoy a delicious Buffet Lunch before to jump into the Thermal Pools. Lockers and Towels are included in our tours. At this paradise you will stay till 4:00 PM, them, we will begin our return trip to the city of San Jose.
Greenway Nature Tours is a Certified Travel Agency and Tour Operator by the Costa Rican Tourist Board with special certification in Sustainable Travel (CST). We offer 40 unique private tours from San Jose Costa Rica.
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Destination
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Departure
Your Hotel in San Jose -
Departure Time
07:00 am -
Return Time
7:00 pm -
What´s to Bring
Closed toe shoes, Binoculars, Camera, Rain Gear, Insect Repellent, Comfortable Clothes, Sun-scream, Sun Hat, Sunglasses, Beach Sandals, Beach Towel, Swim suit. We suggest to bring personal face mask and alcohol I gel for prevent Covid-19 -
Included
Entrance feeLunchPrivate tour guidePrivate Transportation -
Not Included
Alcoholic BeveragesBreakfastDrop Off at a different location than your hotel.Gratitude’s for GuideMeals not specified
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Tour Plan
Pick Up Time - 07:00am
- Meet our Guide and Private Transportation from your hotel
- Drive to Arenal Volcano area until arrive to Arenal Mundo Aventura Reserve
Arenal Mundo Aventura Reserve - 09:30am
- Know all the secrets of this millennial plant and world-famous product: Chocolate.
- Be a chocolatier for one day and make your own chocolate.
- Learn all about the plant, crop, harvesting and processing till get the chocolate.
Baldi Hot Springs - 12:30pm
- Have a delicious buffet lunch at Baldi Hot Springs
- Indulge yourself in the Thermal Hot Springs
- Relax and enjoy exploring the Hot Springs
Return to San Jose - 3:30pm
- After have a great time, get ready for the return to San Jose & Hotel.
- Enjoy a pleasant & colorful drive along the countryside.
Arrival to your Hotel in San Jose - 7:00pm
- Drop off at your hotel and good bye.
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Enjoy some beautiful pictures about what to expect if you book this tour with us
Reviews Scores and Score Breakdown
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Abigail Mills
This is a highly recommended tour…
This is a highly recommended tour! We got to hike into a Rainforest and actually see where the Chocolate plantation was and we learned how chocolate was made from the seed to the end product. Not only did we get to see how it was made traditionally but we also tasted different levels of the chocolate. Aside from the chocolate tour, we also stopped for a delicious lunch and also a fruit stall to see the local fruits. The hot springs at Baldi very nice option. The tour company, Greenway Nature Tours was fantastic and our guide Gerardo was superb! This company and tour is not one to miss if you want to know more about how chocolate was made or to take their other tours.
April 22, 2019 at 10:47 pm
Carter Rice
Amazing tour with a wonderful guide
The chocolate tour is a superb experience especially if you are guided by the beautiful and immensely charming Carolina, a fount of information, sly humor and magic. The chocolate you will eat is prepared by the lovely Theresa and is stunningly tasty. The setting is a tropical rain forest with iguanas, howler monkeys, humming birds and the occasional viper. The hot springs were just amazing, very relaxing and beautiful gardens. A truly worthwhile experience.
June 25, 2019 at 10:51 pm
Olivia Stone
Very informative and ate lots of chocolate
The chocolate tour was great. The guide there walked us through the forest to the site and explained the entire process from tree to bean to traditional drink to modern chocolate bar. We tasted all along the way including the outside of the raw bean, roasted beans, and all stages of the production. We ate tons of chocolate including hot chocolate with various spices, ie chile, cinnamon. We were able to buy organic chocolate produced by other local producers in the gift shop.
Our main tour guide and driver, who worked for Greenway Nature Tours, Geraldo, was friendly, informative and discussed cultural aspects, daily life, etc. He answered all our questions, spoke excellent English, and was a safe driver. He was flexible, great for a private tour. The lunch and hot springs just amazing. Very relaxing time at this lovely place
We arranged this tour directly and was very easy to book from the web site, Greenway operates it from San Jose, and a tour guide at the site conducted the actual chocolate tour.
June 17, 2020 at 10:50 pm
Juan Luis Rodriguez
We loved this very informative private tour. We’ll presented and the chocolate making process was explained completely. We got to taste the chocolate that we saw being made… It was yummy… We all had our own spoon and a very nice lady would drizzle some onto our spoon then you could add what flavours you like. My fav was sea salt and chilli.
We were glad we chose the private tour.. It was more personable than being on a bus with 30 or so people. We could stop for a break when we wanted…. Coffee or bathroom… And our driver Luis gave us lots of interesting information about Costa Rica. Overall this tour was excellent value for money and very enjoyable
August 24, 2022 at 10:44 am